The Bajau Laut (also known as Sea Gypsies) are nomadic seafaring people who traditionally live on boats and stilt houses in the waters around giant island Malaysian Borneo, Sabah, the Philippines ...

Sea nomads have faced decades of discrimination in postcolonial Southeast Asia. Malaysia’s recent mass evictions of the Bajau Laut are just the latest example.

Total population in West Malaysia registered and provided paralegal assistance by DHRRA Malaysia ... and Civil Society to develop and implement solutions-focused projects targeting Bajau Laut who are ...

It's difficult to know exactly how long the Bajau people remain underwater, but some claim to have been under the sea for as long as 13 minutes. Sadly, their lifestyles are currently under threat.

Exploring Malaysia’s vernacular architecture and ... and performances celebrating the local culture of the West Coast Bajau people, Ismail explains. “We hope our guests grow to understand ...

The adaptation gives better endurance to the Bajau people, known as sea nomads, by increasing spleen size and, in turn, boosting the number of oxygenated red blood cells when diving. “This is a ...

For over 1,000 years, the Bajau people have lived almost entirely at sea, floating in houseboats and hunting beneath the waves like real-life aquatic hunters. Bajau free divers plunge 230 feet ...